Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-23

some account Of the public mohey thu
wasted.
They demand explanation and apollo
cy for the continuance OF the infau7ou,
Anderson Mccormick bill, whi,l
makes fair elections impossible. A
measure like this, passed in a moment
Of high political excitement and passion
is inexcusable, even if it had been re-
pealed when passion subsided and rea-
son returned but when il ~ deliberate
~ perpetusted it displays the malicious
purpose Of hearts devoid Of socia
dsty and fatally bent upon mischief.
1t vas their right 30 know why war
rants issued for the pay of the teachers
in che public schools are DO longer
cashed promptly by the collecting
officers OF the revenue. but are left 10
the morcies OF the shaver and this.
too. usder an assessed taxation Of
| 1925, coo 4 year. greater than formerly,
in contempt of the Democratic plolge
not to increase taxe,.
1t was their right 10 have some eX-
PLANTATION Of the disposition Of the
money which has been paid from the
| Treasury the State 70 employ lawyers
20 defend her interests in litigation
because of She ignorance, inhdelity,
and utter incompetency of the person
holding the Office of Attbrney-GeHeral
They had a right TO expect some ex-
planation of the facts and crcum-
stances under which, as is publicly
charged by n Democrats legislator
that the Attorney General and the
Speaker of the Democratic House Of
Delegates secured the passage OF n rail
road bill, in which one or both of them
were personally Interested, during the
last honrs of the session of the Legisla-
ture, when only fifteen members were
present, after having announced that
no other general legislation would be
considered. and when they had thereby
succeeded IN securing the absence OF It's
known opponents.
EXPLANATIONS DEMANDED.
1t would have been well if this con-
vention of the Democratic managers
had explained TO the people how it was
that. when Democratic senator was
indicted for felonious embczzlemont in
Eichmond, his Democratic associates
repealed the law imposing penalty for
such crime, and enabled him to plead
the repeal III bar of bis prosecution and
conviction.
Explanations and apologies as to the
stuffed ballot-boxes and fraudulent
in .,f,Vtfgu Af ifhnrllffA
Halifax, southampton, Isle OF Wight,
and elsewhere would have been crate
FIJI to the ears of many of the anxious
citizens of this Commonwealth. who,
regardless OF party, are beginning to
feel that with high-handed outrages Ct
this sort, daily practiced and unre-
huked. popular liberty is in danger, no
matter in whose behalf these crimes
are perpetrated.
It oud have been well for the Dem
ocratic managers at Roanoke to have
explained to the people the circum-
stances under which bill was passed
by the Democratic Legislature appro-
priating over $50, 900 to the payment
Of an unjust claim Of the Kendall Bank
Note Company, and rs to the parties
who received portions of that money.
1t woald have been well to have tpll
the people how many copies OF the
proceedings with the English debt
commissioners were printed, and the
cost thereof, and how many were NJ
cessary for public purposes and how
many were used for partisan or private
ends.
Fellow citizens, such are some of the
reasons wherefore we invite and eXhort
YOU to an earnest effort TO eXpel from
the control of your affairs the managers
OF the Democratic party. To such of
their principles as they have protested
long enough to lay just claim TOW are
opposed. As to their pledges, our ex-
perence in the past conyinces us that
they are given with the mental reserya-
ton
"But for \ kingdom any oath may be brokon.
I'd break q thousand oaths 20 reign ono
year
As to the practices of this Democra-
cy. We submit that its record of crimes
and outrages on suffrage in the procure
ment of power, and of inc0mpetency
and bad administration in the exercise
OF that power when obtained, IS a
stronger argument than words.